@ravenmaths.bsky.social
Maths HoD. Interested in teaching resources and strategies.
Looks like my problem is that my edexcel online account doesn’t actually give me access to the ‘results’ area. Thanks!
August 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Looks like my problem is that my edexcel online account doesn’t actually give me access to the ‘results’ area. Thanks!
Just tried it - looks like I don’t have access to results in Edexcel online. Not surprised I’ve been struggling! Thanks
August 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Just tried it - looks like I don’t have access to results in Edexcel online. Not surprised I’ve been struggling! Thanks
Thanks - I shall investigate!
August 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thanks - I shall investigate!
But where do I get a list of marks for paper 3C? I downloaded marks by question for 31 and 32… I feel I’ve missed something here!
August 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
But where do I get a list of marks for paper 3C? I downloaded marks by question for 31 and 32… I feel I’ve missed something here!
Yes - I could see the flags on his individual page, but I don’t want to have to check every student’s record 😁. Sounds like the answer is to create a group
August 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yes - I could see the flags on his individual page, but I don’t want to have to check every student’s record 😁. Sounds like the answer is to create a group
I did this, but one student’s grade didn’t agree with the awarded grade. After some digging, I establish that special consideration had been added after the paper grades were awarded. Not sure how I was meant to know that 🤷🏻♀️
August 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I did this, but one student’s grade didn’t agree with the awarded grade. After some digging, I establish that special consideration had been added after the paper grades were awarded. Not sure how I was meant to know that 🤷🏻♀️
Ah! I wondered how that question could possibly be worth only one mark, as the correct answer should be worth at least two!
July 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Ah! I wondered how that question could possibly be worth only one mark, as the correct answer should be worth at least two!
We moved away from FM1 and FM2 as the grade boundaries were higher for that combo (this was 2019 - not sure how much of a difference there is now). FM1 and FS1 is - for us - easier to staff, grade boundaries seem fair and doesn’t disadvantage the anti-mechanics types 😁
June 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We moved away from FM1 and FM2 as the grade boundaries were higher for that combo (this was 2019 - not sure how much of a difference there is now). FM1 and FS1 is - for us - easier to staff, grade boundaries seem fair and doesn’t disadvantage the anti-mechanics types 😁
Maths - graph sketching and a bit of series work. Further - investigating polar graphs 😁
June 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Maths - graph sketching and a bit of series work. Further - investigating polar graphs 😁
Yeah - we are edexcel, but my students do not like salt water concentration questions! Dead rabbits are just simultaneous equations …
May 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yeah - we are edexcel, but my students do not like salt water concentration questions! Dead rabbits are just simultaneous equations …
I have 29 in my year 12 FM group (big every year but this is unusually big!) and I do find it makes questioning more difficult. I try to develop their thinking through class discussion, but few volunteer. I’m doing more paired thinking time when I need them to figure something out!
May 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have 29 in my year 12 FM group (big every year but this is unusually big!) and I do find it makes questioning more difficult. I try to develop their thinking through class discussion, but few volunteer. I’m doing more paired thinking time when I need them to figure something out!
I’m expecting a big vector question… as you say, a fair CP1
May 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m expecting a big vector question… as you say, a fair CP1
Ah, but I bet they redeemed themselves by doing the induction question using standard results 😬
May 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ah, but I bet they redeemed themselves by doing the induction question using standard results 😬
Oh, that is fantastic! What an excellent idea 😁
May 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Oh, that is fantastic! What an excellent idea 😁
Ah - my IT literate colleague said that the French version has been out for ages, but the packaging for mine made a big thing of ‘uk spec’ so maybe they’re different. Anyway, would have struggled to find it, so thanks!
May 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ah - my IT literate colleague said that the French version has been out for ages, but the packaging for mine made a big thing of ‘uk spec’ so maybe they’re different. Anyway, would have struggled to find it, so thanks!
Well, yes, it does then look much more like the working I’ve been putting on the board for the last twenty years!
May 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Well, yes, it does then look much more like the working I’ve been putting on the board for the last twenty years!
Thanks very much for this - on mine it seems to be catalog - distribution (B) - inv normal (2) rather than 9 and 7, but now that I’ve found it that is pretty quick!
May 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thanks very much for this - on mine it seems to be catalog - distribution (B) - inv normal (2) rather than 9 and 7, but now that I’ve found it that is pretty quick!
Thanks - I will have a play, but I think the reverse engineering approach looks less painful! 😁
May 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thanks - I will have a play, but I think the reverse engineering approach looks less painful! 😁
Have you found the inverse normal function? Any help gratefully received! 😆
May 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Have you found the inverse normal function? Any help gratefully received! 😆
At this point of the course every year I end up in a conversation about how Mr and Mrs Maclaurin came to name their son Colin. Always seems an unlikely choice…
March 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At this point of the course every year I end up in a conversation about how Mr and Mrs Maclaurin came to name their son Colin. Always seems an unlikely choice…
Very sensible - I did like the old S2 questions which asked for the true significance level of the test, and you had to find the exact size of both tails in the critical region. Better way of asking the question!
February 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Very sensible - I did like the old S2 questions which asked for the true significance level of the test, and you had to find the exact size of both tails in the critical region. Better way of asking the question!
Interesting - thanks. Edexcel here, and I do recognise the posted markscheme 😁
February 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Interesting - thanks. Edexcel here, and I do recognise the posted markscheme 😁
(Off to SLT to discuss this - I have done it at lunchtime for fifteen years, and I am tired…)
February 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
(Off to SLT to discuss this - I have done it at lunchtime for fifteen years, and I am tired…)
It does seem odd to double the probability with a binomial distribution, though, since the distribution is not symmetrical- you’re effectively lumping the known tail in together with a tail of unknown length (known area!) at the other end of the distribution
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It does seem odd to double the probability with a binomial distribution, though, since the distribution is not symmetrical- you’re effectively lumping the known tail in together with a tail of unknown length (known area!) at the other end of the distribution